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Interviewing our booksellers

Interviewing our booksellers

This week, October Books has been lucky enough to enjoy the assistance of a fresh face. Our new work experience pupil (aged 14), has conducted an interview with Clare, Jacqueline,...

Interviewing our booksellers

This week, October Books has been lucky enough to enjoy the assistance of a fresh face. Our new work experience pupil (aged 14), has conducted an interview with Clare, Jacqueline,...

Capitalism? We're not buying it.

Capitalism? We're not buying it.

While you are here you might want to pick up a copy of a book that challenges the capitalist narrative. We have the following selection for you. We hope one...

Capitalism? We're not buying it.

While you are here you might want to pick up a copy of a book that challenges the capitalist narrative. We have the following selection for you. We hope one...

Did someone say live music in a bookshop?

Did someone say live music in a bookshop?

We have always supported creatives in all their forms in our community and beyond. That's why we are proud of the fact that our space is not only a bookshop...

Did someone say live music in a bookshop?

We have always supported creatives in all their forms in our community and beyond. That's why we are proud of the fact that our space is not only a bookshop...

Green Friday

Green Friday

Green Friday is an anti-Black Friday movement started in 2015 to create awareness about the negative impacts of our consumerist society's shopping habits. BLACK FRIDAY generates a significant amount of waste,...

Green Friday

Green Friday is an anti-Black Friday movement started in 2015 to create awareness about the negative impacts of our consumerist society's shopping habits. BLACK FRIDAY generates a significant amount of waste,...

Christmas and Seasonal Cards

Christmas and Seasonal Cards

This year as per our usual we have packs of cards with donations going to Amnesty International who investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilise the public, and help transform societies...

Christmas and Seasonal Cards

This year as per our usual we have packs of cards with donations going to Amnesty International who investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilise the public, and help transform societies...

POND - Staff Pick of the Week

POND - Staff Pick of the Week

Claire-Louise Bennett’s Pond is a luminous, unconventional exploration of solitude and the inner workings of the mind. The novel eschews traditional plot structures, opting instead for a series of fragmented,...

POND - Staff Pick of the Week

Claire-Louise Bennett’s Pond is a luminous, unconventional exploration of solitude and the inner workings of the mind. The novel eschews traditional plot structures, opting instead for a series of fragmented,...